Isaiah 42:7
To open the eyes of the blind, || To bring forth the bound one from prison, || Those sitting in darkness from the house of restraint.
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Psalms 107:10Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, || Prisoners of affliction and of iron,
Isaiah 9:2The people who are walking in darkness || Have seen a great light, || Dwellers in a land of death-shade, || Light has shone on them.
Isaiah 35:5Then eyes of the blind are opened, || And ears of the deaf are unstopped,
Isaiah 42:22And this [is] a people seized and spoiled, || Snared in holes—all of them, || And they were hidden in houses of restraint, || They have been for a prey, || And there is no deliverer, || A spoil, and none is saying, “Restore.”
Isaiah 61:1“[The] Spirit of Lord YHWH [is] on Me, || Because YHWH anointed Me || To proclaim tidings to the humble, || He sent Me to bind the broken of heart, || To proclaim liberty to the captives, || And an opening of bands to [those] bound.
Matthew 11:5blind receive sight, and lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear, dead are raised, and poor have good news proclaimed,
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 42:6-13
The Messiah's Approach. ( b. c. 708.) 5 Thus saith God the Lord , he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: 6 I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that… Read the whole commentary →